Other tours with Kazakhstan Birdtours

We run a selection of tours to other top birding locations. These are run in conjunction with Birdfinders. For full tour details, photo galleries, tour news and prices follow the full tour details link that will take you to the Birdfinders website.

Georgia ♦ 26 April–2 May 2012 Day 1 Flight from London to Tbilisi via Kiev and overnight in Tbilisi. Day 2 Kazbegi village in the Terek River valley: Egyptian Vulture, Eurasian Griffon-vulture, Peregrine, Lammergeier, Shore (Horned) Lark (penicillata), Common Redstart (samamisicus), Twite (brevirostris) and White-winged Snowfinch. Days 3–5 Kazbegi – valleys, gorges and mountain slopes: European Honey-buzzard, Montagu's and Pallid Harriers, Western Marsh-harrier, Steppe Buzzard, Black Kite, Steppe Eagle, Red-footed Falcon, Northern Goshawk, Wallcreeper, Red-billed and Yellow-billed Choughs, Alpine Accentor, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Red-fronted Serin, Güldenstädt's Redstart, Great Rosefinch, Mountain (Caucasian) Chiffchaff, Green Warbler, European Bee-eater, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Red-backed and Lesser Grey Shrikes, Red-throated Pipit, Yellow Wagtail and Ortolan Bunting. Day 6 Leave Kazbegi and drive back to Tbilisi birding en-route. Day 7 Early morning departure back to the airport for our return flight home via Kiev. Full tour details

Belarus ♦ 12–19 May 2012 Day 1 Flight from London to Minsk. Drive to Hlupinskaja Buda in the Pripjatsky National Park. Days 2–5 Pripiat River floodplain: Greater and Lesser Spotted Eagles, Short-toed Snake-eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Western Marsh-harrier, Eursian Hobby, Common Crane, Corn and Spotted Crakes, Terek, Marsh and Green Sandpipers, Great and Common Snipes, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Woodcock, Black, White-winged, Little, Common and Whiskered Terns, Black, Eurasian Eagle-owl, Eurasian Pygmy-owl, Tawny Owl, Eurasian Three-toed, Grey-headed, Middle Spotted, Syrian and White-backed Woodpecker, Eurasian Wryneck, Thrush Nightingale, Savi's, River and Sedge Warblers, Eurasian Reed-warbler, Barred Warbler, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Bluethroat, Eurasian Penduline-tit, Azure Tit, Great Grey Shrike, and Collared, Pied Flycatchers and Red-breasted Flycatchers, Hawfinch. Days 6–7 Beloe Fishponds and Sporovo Reserve: Black-necked and Red-necked Grebes, Great Bittern, Common Goldeneye, Smew, Northern Goshawk, Hen and Montagu's Harriers, Little Crake, Great Reed-warbler, Aquatic Warbler, Bearded Tit and Common Rosefinch. Day 8 Return to Minks for our return flight home. Full tour details

Isles of Scilly ♦ 8–15 October and 15–22 October 2011, 6–13 October and 15–20 October 2012 Day 1 Flight or boat from Penzance to St Mary's. Days 2–7 Isles of Scilly: migrants might include Jack Snipe, Spotted Crake, Yellow-browed, Barred, Melodious and Icterine Warblers, Richard's and Tawny Pipits, Rose-coloured Starling, Common Rosefinch, Eurasian Wryneck, Red-backed Shrike, Greater Short-toed Lark, Firecrest, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Ortolan, Snow and Lapland Buntings. Rarities might include Upland Sandpiper and American Golden-plover, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blackpoll Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak from the west and Dusky, Pallas's and Radde's Warblers, Red-throated and Olive-backed Pipits and Eyebrowed Thrush from the east. Day 8 Morning birding then afternoon flight back to Penzance. Full tour details

Russia, Ural Mountains ♦ 13–20 June 2012 Day 1 Overnight flight from London via Moscow to Ekaterinberg. Day 2 Ekaterinberg: Corn Crake, Great Snipe, Siberian Stonechat, Thrush Nightingale, Blyth's Reed-warbler, Lanceolated Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Azure Tit, and Common and Long-tailed Rosefinches. Day 3 Drive to Ural Mountains birding en route. Days 4–6 Ural Mountains: Rock and Willow Ptarmigans, Western Capercaillie, Hazel Grouse, Black Grouse, Eurasian Dotterel, Eurasian Eagle-owl, Northern Hawk-owl, Great Grey, Tengmalm's and Ural Owls, Eurasian Three-toed, Black, Grey-headed and White-backed Woodpeckers, Oriental Cuckoo, Dark-throated and White's Thrushes, Siberian Rubythroat, Bluethroat, Red-flanked Bluetail, Black-throated Accentor, Lanceolated Warbler, Arctic, Greenish and Yellow-browed Warblers, Siberian Chiffchaff, Common, Parrot and White-winged Crossbills and Little Bunting. Day 7 Drive back to Ekaterinberg birding en route. Day 8 Return flight to London. Full tour details

United Arab Emirates ♦ 4–12 February 2012 Day 1 Overnight flight from London to Dubai. Days 2–3 Al Ain: Egyptian Vulture, Bonelli's Eagle, Barbary Falcon, Sand Partridge, Grey Francolin, Red-wattled Lapwing, White-tailed Lapwing, Temminck's Stint, Laughing Dove, Green Bee-eater, Desert Lark, Purple Sunbird, Red-tailed, Hume's and Hooded Wheatears, White-cheeked, Yellow-vented and Red-vented Bulbuls, Rock Martin, Isabelline (both Daurian and Turkestan) and Southern Grey Shrikes, Black Redstart, Blue Rock-thrush, Graceful Prinia, Lesser (Desert) Whitethroat, Ménétries's Warbler, Plain Leaf-warbler, Indian Silverbill, Brown-necked Raven, House (Striated) Bunting. Day 4 Khor Kalba: Indian Pond-heron, Striated Heron, Western Reef-heron, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, kalbaensis Collared Kingfisher, Clamorous Reed-warbler and Sykes's Warbler. Day 5 Dibba: Socotra Cormorant, Caspian, Heuglin's, Steppe, Great Black-headed and Sooty Gulls, Common, Sandwich, Lesser Crested, Greater Crested, Bridled and Saunders's Terns, Egyptian Nightjar, Indian Roller and Red-rumped Swallow. Day 6 Masafi, Digdaga and Hamraniyah: Pallid and Montagu's Harriers, Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse, Long-billed Pipit, Steppe Grey and Woodchat Shrikes, Arabian Babbler, Hume's Lesser Whitethroat, Bank and Common Mynahs and Rose-coloured Starling. Day 7 Dubai Pivot Fields and Wimpey Pits: Great Egret, Eurasian Spoonbill,Greater Flamongo, Greater Spotted Eagle, Osprey, Western Marsh-harrier, Terek, Broad-billed and Curlew Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Sandplovers, Purple Swamphen, Red-knobbed Coot, Common and Pintail Snipes, Greater Short-toed Lark, Red-throated, Tree, Blyth's and Buff-bellied Pipits, Citrine and Yellow Wagtails of several races. Day 8 Al Jazeerah Khor, Khor al Beidah and Ghantoot: Crab Plover, Great Knot, Terek Sandpiper, Lesser Sandplover, Cream-coloured Courser and Pacific Golden-plover, Striated Scops-owl, Hypocolious, Asian Desert, Eastern Orphean and Ménétries's Warblers. Day 9 Return flight to London. Full tour details

India – Bharatpur and Ranthambhore ♦ 9–21 February 2012 Day 1 Overnight flight to Delhi. Day 2 Drive to Bharatpur: Black (Black-eared) Kite, Common and Bank Mynas, Black Drongo, Laughing Dove, Pied Bushchat, Indian Robin, Little Swift and Ring-necked Parakeet. Days 3–6 Bharatpur: Bar-headed Goose, Sarus Crane, Asian Openbill and Black-necked, Painted and Woolly-necked Storks, Little and Indian Cormorants, Oriental Darter, Black-headed Ibis, Black Bittern, Lesser Whistling-duck, Comb, Ferruginous and Spot-billed Ducks, Red-crested Pochard, Cotton Pygmy-goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-headed Vulture, Bonelli's, Crested Serpent, Eastern Imperial, Great Spotted, Indian Spotted, Steppe and Tawny Eagles, Bronze-winged and Pheasant-tailed Jacanas, Purple Swamphen, White-breasted Waterhen, Grey Francolin, White-tailed, Red-wattled and Yellow-wattled Lapwings, Indian Skimmer, Black-bellied, River and Whiskered Terns, Dusky Eagle-owl, Indian Scops-owl, Brown Hawk-owl, Spotted Owlet, Large-tailed Nightjar, Indian Courser, Orange-headed Thrush, Greenish, Hume's, Smoky, Brooks's and Yellow-browed Warblers, Small Minivet, Common Woodshrike, Brahminy Starling, Marshall's Iora, Bluethroat, Siberian Rubythroat. Day 7Taj Mahal and the Red Fort: River Lapwing, Great Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Hoopoe, Dusky Crag-martin, Brown Rock-chat. Day 8 Chambal River: Great Thick-knee, Black-bellied and River Terns, Indian Skimmer and Sand Lark. Day 9 Travel to Ranthambhore. Days 10–11 Ranthambhore: Crested Honey-buzzard, White-eyed Buzzard, White-backed Vulture, Black Eagle, Shikra, Chestnut-bellied and Painted Sandgrouse, Common Peafowl, Painted Spurfowl, Jungle Bushquail, Great Thick-knee, Brown Fish-owl, Jungle Nightjar, Alexandrine and Plum-headed Parakeets, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Common Hawk-cuckoo, Yellow-legged Green Pigeon, Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark, Rufous-tailed Lark, Bay-backed Shrike, White-bellied Drongo, Large Cuckoo-shrike, Rufous Treepie, Tickell's Blue and Asian Paradise-flycatchers, Indian Roller, Indian Grey Hornbill and Greater Coucal. Day 12 Return to Delhi via Jaipur. Day 13 Early morning transfer to the airport. Late morning arrival in London at the end of the tour. Full tour details

India – Goa ♦ 10–25 January 2012, 16–31 January 2013 Day 1 Flight from London Gatwick to Goa. Days 2–3 Goa: Cinnamon Bittern, Indian Pond Heron, Oriental Darter, Little Cormorant, Indian Shag, Black-headed Ibis, Asian Openbill, Woolly-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Cotton Pygmy-goose, Lesser Whistling-duck, Comb Duck, White-bellied Sea-eagle, Great Spotted, Indian Spotted and Steppe Eagles, Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacanas, White-breasted Waterhen, Pintail Snipe, Greater Painted-snipe, Red-wattled Lapwing, Little Pratincole, Rufous Woodpecker, Spotted Owlet, White-breasted Kingfisher, Asian Koel, Black Drongo, Green Bee-eater, Malabar and Greater Short-toed Larks, Ashy Woodswallow, Grey-breasted Prinia, Pied Bushchat, Coppersmith Barbet, Black-lored Tit, Blyth's, Paddyfield and Richard's Pipits, Purple and Purple-rumped Sunbirds, Scaly-breasted and White-rumped Munias and Baya Weaver. Day 4 Charao Island: Western Reef-egret, Crested Serpent Eagle, Changeable Hawk-eagle, Terek and Broad-billed Sandpipers, Temminck's Stint, Brown Fish-owl, Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, Black-capped Kingfisher, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, Bronzed and Greater Racket-tailed Drongos, Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Indian Scimitar-babbler, Puff-throated Babbler, Ashy Prinia, Blyth's Reed, Clamorous Reed and Paddyfield Warblers, Common (Nilgiri) Blackbird, Loten's Sunbird and Little Spiderhunter. Day 5 Saligao: Brown Wood-owl, White-bellied Drongo, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Tawny-bellied Babbler and White-throated Fantail. Day 6 Chaporni Estuary: Indian Peafowl, Caspian, Heuglin's, Great Black-headed and Brown-headed Gulls, Great Crested, Lesser Crested, Caspian and Gull-billed Terns, Greater and Lesser Sandplovers, Indian Pitta, Brahminy Starling. Days 7–10 Backwoods Camp, Western Ghats: Grey Junglefowl, Red Spurfowl, Crested Goshawk, Besra, Black and Rufous-bellied Eagles, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Peregrine (Shaheen) Falcon, Spot-bellied Eagle-owl, Jungle Owlet, Brown Hawk-owl, Collared and Oriental Scops-owls, Jerdon's and Grey Nightjars, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Common Hawk-cuckoo, Malabar Trogon, Malabar Grey and Malabar Pied Hornbills, Malabar Parakeet, Vernal Hanging-parrot, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Indian Swiftlet, White-rumped Needletail, Crested Treeswift, Speckled Piculet, Brown-capped Pygmy, White-bellied and Heart-spotted Woodpeckers, Black-rumped, Common and Greater Flamebacks, Brown-headed and White-cheeked Barbets, six species of drongo, Forest Wagtail, Orange-headed Thrush, Chestnut-tailed Starling, Asian Fairy Bluebird, Large Woodshrike, Large Cuckooshrike, Scarlet and Small Minivets, White-rumped Shama, Blue-winged and Golden-fronted Leafbirds, Black, Black-crested (Ruby-throated) and Grey-headed Bulbuls, Crimson-backed Sunbird, Forest Wagtail, Orange-headed Thrush, Tickell's Blue Flycatcher, Brown-breasted Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Bulbul, Verditer Flycatcher, Western Crowned Warbler, Thick-billed Flowerpecker, Black-naped Monarch, Jungle Babbler, Indian Scimitar-babbler, Blue-faced Malkoha and Velvet-fronted Nuthatch. Day 11 Backwoods Camp and return to coast. Days 12–15 Baga: Long-billed and White-rumped Vultures, Yellow-wattled Lapwing, White-collared Kingfisher, Greater Coucal, Banded Bay Cuckoo and Rufous Treepie, Indian Robin, Tawny Pipit, Oriental Lark, Ashy-crowned Finch-lark, Rose-coloured Starling, Jungle Myna, Greenish Warbler, Plain Prinia. Full tour details